jet@hackertalks.com to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat is the strongest theory in science?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the strongest theory in science?jet@hackertalks.com to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
Theories are just theories, but some theories have more weight then others - what theory do you find the most credible?
minus-squarepruwyben@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThe theory that something exists. Lots of evidence for that one.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoTake your pick. The world around you, your self, your own experience. Even if everything you observe is a simulation, or figment of your imagination, that still proves that something exists.
minus-squarecloudless@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYour awareness exists, but that alone does not prove that anything else exists. Is awareness a thing? Awareness might just be happening without there being any things behind it.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoYes, awareness is a thing.
minus-squarecloudless@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIt’s experience, not a thing, that we call awareness.
The theory that something exists. Lots of evidence for that one.
But what is “something”?
Take your pick. The world around you, your self, your own experience. Even if everything you observe is a simulation, or figment of your imagination, that still proves that something exists.
Your awareness exists, but that alone does not prove that anything else exists. Is awareness a thing?
Awareness might just be happening without there being any things behind it.
Yes, awareness is a thing.
It’s experience, not a thing, that we call awareness.
Experience is a thing.